No Picture
Microsoft

Internet Explorer 9 Keyboard Shortcuts

Some of the important keyboard shortcuts for effectively using Microsoft Internet Explorer 9. Alt+C – pop open the Favorites/Feeds/History window Alt+X – pop open the Tools (Cog icon) menu Alt+Left/Right – move back/forward through your […]

No Picture
Browser

Internet Explorer Below 50%, While Google Chrome Rises to 12%

According to StatCounter Global Stats, Internet Explorer (IE) browser has fallen below 50% of the worldwide market for the first time. Internet Explorer fell to 49.87% in September 2010, comparing to the 67% market share two years ago. Firefox has a browser market share of 31.5% and Google Chrome trippled to 11.54% in September 2010 comparing to 3.69% in September 2009. […]

No Picture
Browser

Internet Explorer 6 Market Share: 30% in India, Only 6.6% Worldwide!

According to StatCounter data from May 2009 to May 2010, Internet Explorer 6 market share has dropped to 6.6% in the US and 13.74% worldwide, while it is 30% in India. This is very much concerning that, one third of Indians are using this obsolete browser. Internet Explorer 6 is still the most used browser version in India! The primary reason could be that, Indians still use pirated copy of Windows XP and IE6 comes embedded in it. […]

No Picture
Browser

French and German Govts Warned People Not to Use Internet Explorer

The information security department of France urged Internet users to avoid Microsoft’s browsers IE 6, 7 and 8 because of a weakness that allows hackers to infect the system. The German Federal Office for Information Security, said that flaws in the Microsoft systems let hackers start and lock computers that have a Windows operating system, and thus urged not to use it. […]

No Picture
Google

Internet Explorer Flaw Exploited for Cyber Attack on Google

McAfee said that, the recent cyber attacks on Google and 20 other businesses in the US exploited a previously unknown flaw in Internet Explorer browser.All recent versions of Internet Explorer for the Windows operating system, including Windows 7, are vulnerable. Using Internet Explorer in “protected mode” with security settings at “high” would limit the impact of the vulnerability. […]

No Picture
Browser

Google Chrome – The Third Most Popular Browser

Google Chrome browser is now the world’s third-most popular browser, pushing Apple’s Safari to the fourth position, according to a Browser Market Share report. At the end of December 2009, Google Chrome posted a browser share of 4.63%, while Apple’s Safari posted a share of 4.46%. Mozilla Firefox with 24.6% and Internet Explorer with 62.7%. Computerworld estimates that IE will fall under the 50% share mark as early as mid-May if the dramatic negative trend of the last three months holds true. […]

No Picture
Browser

Firefox 3.5 Starts Up Very Slow on Windows – Workaround / Solution

Do you face issues with the slow start up of Firefox after the recent upgrade? Sometimes Firefox 3.5 takes long startup time of the order of 10 seconds to a few minutes. This is identified as a bug and is expected to have fixed in Firefox 3.5.1, in a few weeks time. The workaround is to have a noticeable improvement by deleting temporary folders and Internet Temporary Files. […]